mjcressler
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I am excited to say that my first book, Authentically Black and Truly Catholic: The Rise of Black Catholicism in the Great Migrations (NYU Press, 2017), is officially out in the world. It’s a real book!!! You can purchase it at nyupress.com and preorder it on Amazon.com (ships November 14). This is the culmination of
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First things first, to quote the mighty Mos Def: “Stop with the nonsense!” I’ve written a lot in the week or so since the white supremacist rally and consequent violence in Charlottesville. Some of that writing now appears on NYU Press’s blog From the Square. Check it out and thanks for reading.
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This May I had the opportunity to teach a course unlike any I’ve taught before: Interfaith Atlanta Across the Color Line (RELS 298). 1) It was a Maymester course (a semester condensed into a little over two weeks), making each day effectively a week of class. 2) It was a study away course, so we
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Coming soon to an Amazon.com near you! My forthcoming book on the rise of Black Catholicism in Chicago from the Great Migrations to Black Power is due out from NYU Press this November. It has a cover! It has a website! And you can read more about it at nyupress.org! (Can you tell I’m excited?!)
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In which I make my white Catholic case for reparations on Slate.com. This is a revised version of the lecture I gave at St. Bonaventure University last year for Francis Week, which you can watch on YouTube if you’re so inclined.
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Check out my latest blogpost for Religion in American History, where I write on religion, violence, and memorialization. The post introduces an incredible digital archive of tributes to Mother Emanuel Church and the nine women and men murdered nearly one year ago.
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Or, What African American Studies Teaches Me About Religion in America (Re-posted from Religion in American History) Where to begin, where to begin… This semester I am teaching Religion in America (RELS 250 here at CofC) for the first time, if you can believe it. Up to this point it was the class I’d thought most
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My last blog of the year is a joint one, posted at both Religion in American History and Sowing the Seed (an online scholar-student collaborative). Enjoy, happy New Year, and May the Force be with You. Fear not, no spoilers….but seriously, you need to go see the movie already! So I’ve been (over)thinking Star Wars
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I recently had the honor of giving the Fr. Jerome Kelley Lecture at my alma mater St. Bonaventure University. There I served as the invited guest for SBU’s Francis Week festivities. I took the opportunity to make my first (public) foray into what will be one of my “next projects,” research exploring the entanglement of Catholics, race, and white
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My latest for Religion in American History is essentially me extending an invitation to you to join a conversation on the role of race, racism, and white supremacy in the making of this thing we scholars call “American Catholicism.” Check it out below. It’s October the 31st, so you all know what that means… Just
Matthew J. Cressler, Ph.D. 